On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 05:02:15PM +0200, Carolin Wengerter wrote: > Hello, > > I've got a secure WMS (apache, basic authentication) and I want to > include the credentials in the http-header. How could I do this? Or is > there another way to send the credentials to the server via OL? > > I tried with OpenLayers.Request, but it only works for one domain and > I have to do a cross-site request. > > My index.html is at localhost. > This is the WMS-Layer: > wms_auth = new OpenLayers.Layer.WMS( "WMS Auth" , > "http://wms-server/...";, {layers: 'tk', format: 'image/jpeg', > srs:'EPSG:31468', version:'1.1.1'});
Essentially, "You can't." OpenLayers requests images via <img src=""> requests. This will fall back to the browser's default auth mechanism -- prompting the user -- but does not allow for the setting of additional request headers. There is no support in OpenLayers for requesting images in any other way, and doing so would be a significant development effort which no one has yet expressed an interest in. Regards, -- Christopher Schmidt MetaCarta _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users
